The meagre 2* is more a reflection of my enjoyment rather than an objective measure of the book (it has won prestigious awards). It wasn't to my taste, and that was exacerbated by mismatched expectations. It is not really sci-fi, but is part political intrigue and part boys-own adventure in an inhos...
Amazing, just so good and I can't believe it took me so long to get reading it since I read and loved the Earthsea books in the past. I think it is really a cover-issue but on Kindle you don't really mind the covers so much. I don't really write reviews here since I never know what language to write...
In [b:Classics in the Classroom|8676583|Classics in the Classroom|Michael Clay Thompson|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1356705416s/8676583.jpg|13548503] MCT talks about practicing disassumption - "discovering and escaping limiting or obstructing assumptions" - while reading, analyzing and discussing l...
I want very desperately to see what others have seen in this book. I reread it this month to find out if I had just missed things on first readings, if my frustrations and disappointments and distance would fade away on a second visit.But no. I remain disappointed. I continue to think that this book...
An excellent and under-appreciated novel. Ursula K. LeGuin is a truly under-appreciated writer and this again shows why.The book is about gender and friendship and explores them both in interesting ways. However, with the passage of time, it is the great wintery landscapes and the physicality of th...
I decided to give Le Guin another try, though I've found her fantasy unsatisfying in the past, because I was told I might do better with her SF and I read--and quite liked--an SF short story of hers.Sadly, her novels still seem not to work for me. Too abstract, not nearly enough plot, flat character...
The question that permeates Le Guin's 1969 sensational for its time novel about the ambisexual society is what remains once the male and the female labels are stripped away? What is underneath the labels - is it simply humanity?'Androgynous' - Which is how I could not help but picture the Gethenians...
I have no idea how to rate this book. I can see perfectly well that it's a thoughtful, intelligent, well-written book (it is a sci-fi classic, after all), with some fairly profound themes running through it. It's a book that rewards careful reading, rather than being a dramatic race to the finish. T...
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